Bill Text: TX HB4073 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the time for dissolution of a crime control and prevention district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB4073 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4073-Engrossed.html
By: Perez | H.B. No. 4073 |
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relating to the time for dissolution of a crime control and | ||
prevention district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 363.260(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If less than a majority of the votes cast in a | ||
continuation referendum are for the continuation of a district or | ||
if a majority of the votes cast in a dissolution referendum are for | ||
dissolution of the district: | ||
(1) the board shall certify that fact to the secretary | ||
of state not later than the 10th day after the date of the canvass of | ||
the returns; and | ||
(2) the district is dissolved and ceases to operate in | ||
accordance with Section 363.301 [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 363.262, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 363.262. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TAX CHANGE. (a) If less | ||
than a majority of the votes cast in a continuation referendum are | ||
for the continuation of the district or if a majority of the votes | ||
cast in a dissolution referendum are for dissolution of the | ||
district, the board shall notify the comptroller in writing of the | ||
results of the referendum not later than the 10th day after the date | ||
the referendum returns are canvassed. | ||
(b) If the district is to be dissolved as a result of a | ||
dissolution [ |
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control sales and use tax takes effect on the first day of the first | ||
calendar quarter that occurs after the expiration of the first | ||
complete calendar quarter that occurs after the comptroller | ||
receives a notice of the results of the [ |
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dissolution referendum. | ||
(c) If the district is to be dissolved as a result of a | ||
failed continuation referendum, the abolition of the local crime | ||
control sales and use tax takes effect on the date the district is | ||
dissolved in accordance with S | ||
ection 363.301. | ||
(d) If the comptroller determines that an effective date | ||
provided by Subsection (b) will occur before the comptroller can | ||
reasonably take the action required to implement abolition of the | ||
tax, the comptroller may extend the effective date until the final | ||
day of the succeeding calendar quarter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 363.301, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 363.301. TIME FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. The | ||
district is dissolved on expiration of the period for which the | ||
district was authorized to impose taxes for district purposes | ||
pursuant to the last successful creation or continuation election. | ||
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |